The following has been reproduced from NIST's common set of definitions around cloud computing and its use cases. Experts at NIST developed this draft definition in collaboration with industry and government. It was developed as the foundation for a NIST special publication that will cover cloud architectures, security, and deployment strategies for the federal government. Definition of Cloud Computing Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient,... [More]

In an interview with NYTimes, David Vladeck, the Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that he hopes to address the “notice and consent” framework that he considers “no longer sufficient”, as it has resulted in privacy disclosures that are rarely read or understood: "The first and the more dominant one was what I’ll call the notice and consent framework. The theory was that data collection was OK and uses of that data was OK provided that consumers were on notice that collection activities were taking place, and that... [More]